Zanenedwa kuti ife Khalani mu nthawi ya nthabwala—nthabwala zayamba kale; kuona mtima kwatha. Ndi kufunika kosakhala wodzipereka komwe kuli kofunika. 

Kodi nthabwala ndi chiyani?  Taganizirani Seinfeld—”Chilichonse…,” “Duh…,” “Inde, riiiight”—onse anatero ndi nsidze yokhotakhota, akutsinzina maso. “Maganizo odabwitsa” ndi kudzipatula.

Ikamabwera ku nkhani zongopeka, olemba, otsutsa, ndi owerenga amakonda zoseketsa—posachedwapa, za Jonathan Franzen Malangizo, Gary Shteyngart's AbsurdistanZadie Smith's Pa Kukongolandi Helen Fielding Bridget JonesNgakhale mabuku akale ngati Kudzitukumula ndi kusankhana amatsutsidwa chifukwa cha nthabwala zawo.

Mtundu wa Jane Austen Kuseka kumachokera ku nzeru zake zosokoneza, zomwe zimasokoneza kapangidwe ka magulu ndi makhalidwe abwino. Ndi mtundu wa kuseka komwe kumadziwika masiku ano: komwe kumavumbula chinyengo ndi kuboola mabodza m'mabodza, zikhulupiriro ndi mabungwe omwe sakuyimiranso chowonadi kapena tanthauzo.

Koma zoseketsa zolemba ndi zovuta kwambiri. Zakhalapo kuyambira nthawi ya Oedipus—munthu amene mosadziwa amakwatira amayi ake; amene amafunafuna wakupha mfumu, koma n’kupeza yekha; ndipo amene amaona mkati mwake akangokhala wakhungu.

Olemba ochokera ku Sophoclese mpaka pansi agwiritsa ntchito zoseketsa chifukwa zimatsanzira moyo. Ngakhale zoseketsa zimakhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana, tanthauzo lofala kwambiri ndi losiyana ndi zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa kapena zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa: mfumu yochepetsedwa; munthu wosafunikira kukwezedwa; mapulani abwino kwambiri asokonekera. 

Kuti mudziwe zambiri za nthabwala, onani LitCourse 8—yochokera ku nkhani yaifupi yodabwitsa ya Edith Wharton ya “Roman Fever.” Maphunzirowo ndi afupiafupi, aulere, komanso osangalatsa! (Ndipo zimenezo sizoseketsa.)

Kodi duwa ndi liti osati duwa? Pamene ndi chizindikiro. Kodi olemba amapanga zizindikiro zolemba mwadala? Kapena zizindikiro ndi chinthu chomwe aphunzitsi a Chingerezi amapanga kuti azunze ophunzira. Zingakhale ... koma nayi nkhani yaying'ono.

—Nkhani Yaing'ono—

Ndinalemba ndakatulo ya kalasi yanga ya Chingerezi yokhudza kukongola kwa duwa limodzi. Mundimvetse ndikakuuzani kuti silinali lokoma.

Koma mphunzitsiyo anatchulapo! Anati chinali chitsanzo chabwino cha chizindikiro: kukongola kwa duwa limodzi kunali momwe amaonera ophunzira ake. Mu gulu lathu sitinali osiyana kwambiri, koma aliyense payekhapayekha tinapeza kukongola kwapadera. Anzanga, ndinalemba ntchito yodabwitsa ... ndipo sindinadziwe..

Chilimbikitso changa chachikulu Ndinali nditachokera ku duwa la pulasitiki lotsika mtengo lomwe linali mu chogwirira changa cha pensulo, ndipo ndinangopeza chinthucho pamene diso langa linkayendayenda m'chipindamo. Kukongola kwa kudziyimira pawokha sikunali kodziwika bwino.

Komabe ndizomwezo zomwe wolemba William J. Kennedy (Udzu wachitsulo, 1983) anali kuvutika maganizo pamene analemba mu New York Times nkhani yoti gwero la luso la wolemba silichokera ...

kudzuka kuchokera m'buku lake koma kuchokera mkati mwa chikumbumtima chake, chomwe chimadziwa chilichonse kulikonse komanso nthawi zonse: chosungiramo chinsinsi chomwe chimasungidwa mu mzimu pobadwa, cholimbikitsidwa ndi mphindi iliyonse ya moyo.....
                    —William Kennedy, “Chifukwa Chake Zinatenga Nthawi Yaitali,”
                       New York Times, 5 / 20 / 1990

Kulemba ndi chinsinsi njira, ndipo zizindikiro nthawi zambiri zimachokera ku chikumbumtima, zomwe zimasonyeza chinthu chomwe chili mkati mwa maganizo a wolemba.

Mwanjira ina, Duwa langa limodzi limenelo likanaoneka ngati losungulumwa komanso lopanda chiyembekezo. Kapena ndikanalemba kuti fungo lake likanakhala lamphamvu ngati gawo la maluwa. Koma zimaoneka kuti ndimakonda kukhala ndekha kapena ndi anzanga maso ndi maso. Ndipo ndimapewa magulu akuluakulu. Chifukwa chake mwina ngakhale ndili wachinyamata duwa limenelo linali ndi mphamvu yozindikira zinthu.

Kotero, ayi, olemba Sikuti nthawi zonse amafuna kuti zizindikiro zawo ziwonekere; zizindikiro nthawi zambiri zimawonetsa china chake chamkati. Ndipo owerenga? Malingaliro athu pa ntchito amachokera mkati mwathu.

Ngati mukufuna kuti mudziwe zambiri zokhudza zizindikiro—chifukwa chake olemba amazigwiritsa ntchito, momwe amathandizira pa ntchito yongopeka—tengani LitCourse 9Ndi yaifupi, yaulere, komanso yosangalatsa kwambiri.

Zoonadi, munthu uyu ndi woopsa kwambiri Wokongola—makamaka ngati musankha amuna ofooka okhala ndi TSITSI LABWINO komanso mikwingwirima yabwino yokhala ndi nyanga. Ndi wolemba kwambiri.

Koma sangathe kupeza Kupuma kwa atolankhani, osati pa Twitter—ndipo zonse zinayambira.

Polimbikitsa zake buku latsopano, Mtanda, ofalitsa mabuku a Jonathan Franzen adamutcha kuti "WOLEMBA wamkulu wa m'badwo wake" (ndi mawu ofunikira anga).

Ndi chiganizo chimenecho Ndipo zimaterodi.

Wolemba m'modzi mwachangu ma retweets omwe ngakhale ntchito za wolemba wamkazi zitayamikiridwa bwanji, IYE "sadzatchedwanso 'wolemba wamkulu kwambiri waku America wamoyo.'"

Mu kulengeza komweko Polengeza, ofalitsa akupitiliza kufalitsa uthenga pa Twitter kuti Franzen, m'ntchito yatsopanoyi, akuika banja lonse mu "zovuta" zake zonse pakati pa bukuli.

Kotero izi zimamupeza Roxanne Gay kudabwa. Gay (osadzidalira yekha, koma) akuyankha ma tweets akufunsa… Hei, dikirani. Kodi mabuku onse a Franzen sanayang'ane za banja? Mwa kuyankhula kwina, ndi nkhani yanji yaikulu pa IYI yomwe imamupangitsa kuyamikiridwa ngati WOLEMBA WAMKULU? Ali ngati… ah, tiyeni!

Kenako munthu amene amalemba mu magazini ya pa intaneti akudumphira mu DUMPSTER FIRE ndi mawu osankhidwa awa: "Franzen ndi wolemba mabuku wabwino. Pepani?"

Koma chiyani Akutanthauzanji? N’chifukwa chiyani akunena kuti “PEPANI?” Kodi akumva chisoni chifukwa chakuti amatchula Franzen kuti “wabwino” koma osati “wabwino”? Kapena akumva chisoni chifukwa chakuti ena akwiya? Kapena akumva chisoni chifukwa cha iye mwini? Ndipo kodi chizindikiro cha MAFUNSO chili ndi chiyani kumapeto kwa “pepani”?

Lang'anani, Zonse ndi zamisala.

Mungakumbukire, Zaka 20 zapitazo, Franzen adatchuka kwambiri m'mabuku potsutsa Oprah, yemwe adasankha buku lake lokhudzana ndi banja, Zowongolera, chifukwa cha kalabu yake yowerenga mabuku. Koma Franzen anakana!! Sanafune kuti ntchito yake ichitike chifukwa cha kusankha kwa akazi m'kalabu yolemba mabuku—chifukwa pamenepo… omg, AMUNA SAKAYIGWIRITSA NTCHITO.

Franzen wosauka kwambiri, anali pamenepo, akuoneka kuti akunyoza Mfumukazi Oprah NDI akazi. Whoa! Trifecta (kupatula imodzi).

Dikirani—osati mwachangu kwambiriWolemba nkhani Meg Wolitzer (komanso palibe wopusa) yasonyeza chinthu chomwecho, kuti amuna safuna kuwerenga mabuku onena za maubwenzi ovuta—ayi, zikomo, zimenezo ndi za ATSIKANA.

Tiyeni tikhale oona mtima: Ndemanga za Franzen ndi Wolitzer zimanena zambiri zokhudza kukhudzidwa kwa amuna kuposa akazi. (Onani zolemba zathu zoseketsa pa makalabu a mabuku ogwirizana—Ic ndi uyunso.)

Chinthu chimodzi chinanso. Ndinasangalala kumva Franzen akukamba nkhani yamoyo zaka zingapo zapitazo. Kwenikweni linali kalasi yaukadaulo mu LUSO LOLEMBA. Omvera, ambiri mwa iwo anali olemba achinyamata oyembekezera, anafunsa mafunso anzeru kwambiri omwe sindinamvepo mu nkhani—ndipo Franzen anali WABWINO KWAMBIRI. Mwatsoka, sindingakumbukire chilichonse chomwe ananena. Koma ndikukumbukira tsitsi lake. Ndi magalasi ake. (Kodi ndanena kuti ndi wokongola?)

Mwina n'zoseketsa, koma ndithudi ndi chinthu chodziwika bwino, kuti CHIKULU cha gulu la Civil Rights Movement chafa pakati pa ziwonetsero za dzikolo chifukwa cha imfa ya George Floyd komanso tsankho lomwe likupitilira. "Chikulu" chimenecho, ndithudi, ndi membala wa Nyumba Yamalamulo ya ku US John Lewis.

Mu 1998, Lewis (pamodzi ndi wolemba Michael D'Orso) adalembedwa Kuyenda ndi Mphepo, mbiri yake yokhudza kukulira pa famu ya thonje ya banjali ku Alabama, kukumbukira kwake malamulo a Jim Crow, ndi udindo wake monga Mtsogoleri Wachinyamata wa Civil Rights Movement ya m'ma 1960.

The Washington Post zomwe zatchulidwa Kuyenda ndi Mphepo monga "nkhani yeniyeni" ya Civil Rights Movement, ponena kuti "n'zosatheka" kuwerenga ... "popanda kusunthidwa."

Chikumbutso idatulutsidwanso mu 2015. Patatha zaka ziwiri, mu 2017, buku la Lewis linafika pamwamba pa machati ogulitsidwa kwambiri—ndipo Amazon idalengeza kuti latha makope atsopano, pomwe omwe adagwiritsidwa ntchito anali pafupifupi $100.

Lewis, akugwira ntchito ndi olemba/ojambula awiri achichepere, omwe adasindikizidwanso mu March, buku la GRAPHIC-NOVEL TRILOGY lonena za nthawi ya Ufulu Wachibadwidwe. Buku lachitatu la bukuli linapambana Mphotho ya Buku Ladziko Lonse ya 2016.

Pamene Buku Loyamba Nkhani zitatuzi zinatuluka mu 2013, Lewis ananena izi zokhudza pulojekiti ya March: "Ndi njira ina yoti munthu amvetsetse MMENE ZINALILI ndipo ... Ndikufuna kuti ana aang'ono amve. Pafupifupi alawe. Kuti zikhale zenizeni."




Za ma clubs Ngati asankha kuthana ndi nkhani ya mtundu, buku la John Lewis lingakhale malo abwino oyambira. Ntchito zina zodziwika bwino ndi monga mitu iyi: ALSO PA LITLOVERS:

Kufooka Koyera
Momwe Mungakhalire Otsutsa
Pakati pa Dziko ndi Ine
Uda Wopereka
Kutentha kwa Dzuwa Lina

Kusaka "mabuku onena za tsankho" pa Google kudzawonetsa mndandanda wosiyanasiyana wodzaza ndi mitu yabwino. Lakale limabwera m'maganizo nthawi yomweyo: N’chifukwa chiyani ana onse akuda akukhala limodzi mu cafeteria? (1997), komanso mabuku atatu akale: kuyambira m'ma 60: Wakuda Ngati Ine (1960), Mbiri ya Moyo wa Malcom X (1964), Mavuto a Anthu Akuda ndi Oyera (1964).

Mawu abwino ochokera kwa akonzi a mabuku a The New York Times-

—Kalata Yochokera kwa Okonza Mabuku
Ndemanga ya Buku la New York Times, Epulo 19, 2020

♥ Zikomo kwa mnzanga wokondedwa Sybil.
Btw... buku lobiriwira ngati nandolo-shelufu ya pansi, pakati-limati: "Nthawi Zonse Kumbukirani." Ngakhale zitakulitsidwa, zimakhala zovuta kuwerenga.

"Chabwino ... kuwonetsa manja: ndi angati mwa inu omwe mumavala zodzoladzola ndi top yabwino—komabe muli ndi PJ BOTTOM yanu?

Ndi Mary Field ameneyo kutsegula msonkhano woyamba pa intaneti wa VILLAGE LIT CHICKS ku Lewes, Delaware.

"Zinkaoneka ngati "Kuti tiyambe bwino," anandiuza Mary. "Aliyense ANASEKA, ndipo tinapita! Chiyambi chabwino kwambiri."

Mamembala 12 anakumana pa ZOOM, pulogalamu yolumikizirana pa intaneti. Onse adalowa popanda vuto ... kupatula membala m'modzi. Koma MWAMUNA wake adamuthandiza. (Yesani kukhala ndi m'modzi wa iwo pafupi; kapena kudziwa komwe mungapeze mwana wazaka 12.)

To thandizani kumvetsetsa mwa dongosolo, Mary anapatsa membala aliyense funso lokambirana pasadakhale la bukuli— Mwayi Ndi... ndi Richard Russo.

Zinkagwira ntchito. Kukambirana kunayamba kuyenda bwino, ndipo "aliyense anali waulemu—ndipo panalibe zokambirana zambiri za wina ndi mnzake," anatero Mary. Msonkhanowo unali WABWINO kwambiri kotero kuti kalabu yakonzekera kuti uchitike mu Meyi.

Bonasi imodzi yomaliza: mamembala adatumiza makalata othokoza kwa Mary chifukwa cha CHAKUDYA CHAM'MAWA CHAKE CHOKOMERA CHA ku New England—mbale za mkate za clam chowder, ndi mowa wozizira ndi vinyo, zokongoletsedwa ndi mchere wa Boston Cream pie—zonse zomwe adakonzekera, palibe chomwe adayenera kuphika. Ntchito yabwino, Mary!

Onani Msonkhano mu Nthawi ya Corona—Gawo I.

Dinani pazithunzi za pachikuto chilichonse.

Ndi chizolowezi Kunena kuti kuwerenga kumasintha zinthu. Ndikunena choncho—MABUKU amatilola kudzitaya tokha mu nthawi ndi malo. Pa mphamvu zawo zazikulu, amathetsanso malire a ife eni.

Mabuku asanu ndi limodzi awa, zonse zatsopano, zimatipatsa china chake: zingakusekeni: kuseka kwambiri pakhosi ... mpaka kufika poseka kwambiri.

Ndi zoseketsa, zomwe zikumveka bwino pakali pano, pamene "tikukhala m'malo obisalamo."

Tikuda nkhawa Ngati sichoncho mantha kwambiri. Choncho, ndithudi, GALLOWS HUMOR ikuchulukirachulukira—umboni kachiwiri wakuti anthu nthawi zonse amapeza njira yosekera m'nthawi zovuta.

Chonde ndipatseni CHIDZIWITSO: 
Ambiri amaona nthabwala kukhala zosasangalatsa pakali pano—makamaka ngati adadwalapo kapena akudziwa wina amene wadwalapo. Koma kuseka sikutanthauza kunyoza kuopsa kwa kachilomboka kapena kupeputsa momwe moyo ulili wosakhazikika.

Sayansi ya ubongo imatiuza kuti Kuseka kuli ndi phindu LOPEZA, zomwe zimayambitsa kutulutsidwa kwa ma endorphins, omwe ndi mphamvu yachibadwa ya ubongo wathu yokweza malingaliro, komanso kuletsa cortisol, hormone yomwe imayambitsa kupsinjika.

Pamwambapa pali ma meme angapo zomwe zawonekera m'mauthenga anga ndi maimelo, zomwe zandipangitsa kukhala wosangalala.* Chonde, pezani NTCHITO ZOSEKETSA, gawani KUSEKA, ndikumva CHIBALE. Tili pamodzi mu izi.

♥ Zikomo kwa mlongo wanga, Janet, amene nthawi zonse amandiseka.

Tonsefe timakonda Kutalikirana ndi anthu, eti? Ndipo kutsuka manja pamene mukuimba "Happy Birthday" (kawiri, inde?).

Makalabu a mabuku ndi Zachidziwikire, ngati simunaletse misonkhano ya kalabu ya mabuku mtsogolo, mwina mudzachita zimenezo posachedwa.

Koma musataye mtima. Mutha kukumanabe pogwiritsa ntchito MISONKHANO YA MAVIDIYO YA GAWO kudzera pa Skype, Google Hangout, kapena Zoom. *

Mapulogalamuwa ndi aulere ... ndipo idzakwanira anthu okwana 10. Zoom imagwira ntchito zambiri, koma imakupatsani mwayi woti muzitha kugwiritsa ntchito mphindi 40 zokha. Zonse ndi zosavuta kukhazikitsa.

Tsatirani pulogalamuyo malangizo. Ngati mukukumana ndi mavuto yesani Thandizo la tsamba kapena Thandizo ... kapena funsani mwana wazaka 11 (pambuyo pake, sali kusukulu).

♦ GOOGLE Hangout (onani zithunzi)
1. Pitani ku Tsamba loyamba la Google
2. Dinani pa pulogalamu yomwe ili pakona yakumanja pamwamba.
3. Pitani pansi pa menyu mpaka mutapeza "Hangout."
4. Dinani pa chizindikirocho kuti mutsegule.

♦  SKYPE (Dinani maulalo omwe ali pansipa)
1. Pitani mwachindunji ku Skype kulitsa pulogalamuyo.
2. Onerani kanema woyambira uyu ku Tech BoomersSizabwino kwambiri, koma ndi zabwino kuposa zina.

♦  ZOOM
1. Pitani mwachindunji ku Zoom kulitsa pulogalamuyo.
2. Onerani kanema woyambira uyu pa YouTubeNdi yolondola kwambiri.

Ndipo nthawi zonse pamakhala FacebookFacebook idayambitsa macheza ake apakanema kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2016, koma ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe angamvere (ngakhale kuti ambiri angamvetsere). Ngati mwakhazikitsa kale gulu la Facebook lachinsinsi, dinani chizindikiro cha "kanema" chomwe chili pakona yakumanja chakumtunda kuti mulowe nawo macheza omwe akupitiliza kapena kuyambitsa chatsopano.

Chilichonse chomwe mungasankheOkondedwa owerenga, KHALANI BWINO—ndipo zimenezo zikugwiranso ntchito kwa mabanja anu ndi anzanu.
Onani Msonkhano mu Nthawi ya Corona—Gawo 2

♥ Zikomo kwa mwana wanga wamkazi, yemwe ndi wamng'ono kuposa ine… komanso wanzeru. Nkhaniyi inali yogwirizana ndi zomwe iye ananena.